| Abstract | Four children developed homonymous hemianopia, exotropia with the deviating eye pointing in the direction of the field defect, and a face turn toward the side of the defect following complete third cranial nerve palsy after brain tumor resection, an in utero middle cerebral artery infarction, nonaccidental head trauma, and a hemispherectomy for an intractable seizure disorder. We present evidence that the exotropia and face turn are part of an adaptive mechanism to increase the useful visual field. |
| Authors | Sean P Donahue, Alden K Haun
(Affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8808, USA. sean.donahue at vanderbilt.edu)
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| Journal | Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
(J Neuroophthalmol)
Vol. 27
Issue 4
Pg. 304-7
(Dec 2007)
ISSN: 1070-8022 United States |
| PMID | 18090567
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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| Topics |
- Brain Neoplasms
(surgery)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Exotropia
(physiopathology)
- Face
- Female
- Hemianopsia
(etiology, physiopathology)
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Postoperative Complications
- Visual Fields
(physiology)
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